Evidence: | 'One of my aunts, living some two miles away, I discovered had a copy of Bunyan's immortal dream. The Bible and the pilgrim. Bunyan, for some reason, probably because of the great esteem in which it was held, was hidden away in a drawer, and my aunt was disinclined to let me take the book away with me, but she gladly gave me permission to read it at her house. As my visits were few, I had to read it by snatches. Ultimately I read it all, some portions many times over, with intense delight, though I fear with no great spiritual profit.' |
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Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1850 and 31 Dec 1850 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | county: Northumberland or Durham? location in dwelling: at his aunt's house |
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Reader: | Thomas Burt |
Age | Child (0-17) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 12 Nov 1837 |
Socio-economic group: | Labourer (non-agricultural) |
Occupation: | Pitman, later MP |
Religion: | Methodist |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | John Bunyan |
Title: | Pilgrim's Progress |
Genre: | Other religious, Fiction |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | borrowed (private library) from an aunt |
Record ID: | 6849 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Thomas Burt | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | Thomas Burt, M. P., D. C. L., pitman & privy councillor : an autobiography | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1924 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 115 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Thomas Burt, Thomas Burt, M. P., D. C. L., pitman & privy councillor : an autobiography (London, 1924), p. 115, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=6849, accessed: 26 April 2024 |
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